Next door to Fresno, Houston lists 31 famous people
No famous person on record lists Fresno as their birthplace yet. 635 towns in Texas have at least one famous person on record. Beaumont’s 63 names make the longest list in Texas. After Beaumont, the next longest list in Texas is Abilene’s, with 57.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Fresno), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Fresno has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Fresno
Of the towns around it, Houston has the most on record: 31.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fresno and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (1)
- Hilary Duff: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons